Published October 20, 2010

What’s news on a cold, cloudy Wednesday in Boston:

Ronald Wilburn will testify after all, WBUR reports. Wilburn was the FBI informant paid to bribe Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner. Since then, he turned against the government and publicly criticized prosecutors’ handling of the case. (WBUR)

Anita Hill got a strange voicemail message this weekend. Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, asked the Brandeis professor to apologize for accusing then-nominee Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991. The message was forwarded to the FBI. (NPR)

• Update: Virginia Thomas abruptly cancelled a planned appearance on WBUR’s On Point.

Groups are challenging an obscenity law meant to protect minors. “Free-speech advocates said they are concerned that the new law will have a chilling effect” on speech intended for adults. (AP)

Fenway Park is getting a face-lift. The estimated cost of renovations over the past 10 years? $285 million. (WBUR)

Two pounds of crappy marijuana turned up in the Shawsheen River in Lawrence. A volunteer found it in a trash bag. (Lawrence Eagle-Tribune)